Does marking as sterile mean really sterile? Stenotrophomonas maltophilia outbreak caused by a blood-gas injector containing liquid heparin.
Gülçin Telli DizmanGokhan MetanGizem KarahanElif Seren TanriverdiGülşen HazırolanBarış OtluMeliha Çağla SönmezerNur Dilek GülBurcu ÇınarSerhat ÜnalPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2023)
An outbreak investigation was initiated after detecting an increase in the number of patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bloodstream infections (SM-BSIs) througout the hospital. S. maltophilia was isolated from the cultures of blood-gas ınjectors containing liquid heparin. The incidence density of SM-BSIs decreased significantly after prohibiting the use of those injectors.